This ties back to the evolutionary origin of Fun. Inconsistency is critical here because it covers both random chance and tests of skill, both of which are inconsistent, but are treated in similar ways by the brain. Weird corner cases not covered in conventional definitions might include games of chance (like slots, dice, because they have no challenge, are just luck), Tetris and other score attack or time attack games (don’t have a definitive victory state, but people still pursue goals in them against challenges), persistent games like MMOs (don’t have definitive endings). I think this definition is one of the only definitions that cleanly excludes non-games and includes all the weird corner cases, and fundamentally sums up the inconsistent nature of games. Tactical Shooter / Modern Military ShooterĪ system of rules that players agree to be bound by in which players pursue a discrete goal or set of goals that cannot be reliably produced, due to the inconsistency of the system’s and/or its components’ output/operation. Straferun / Vector Addition / Diagonal Speed Boost / Chebyshev Distance
Real-Time Strategy / Real-Time Tactics / Turn-Based Strategy / Turn-Based Tactics Interactive Cutscene / Straightjacket / Coffin Horseshoe Level Design / Level Design Loops High-Level / Low-Level (Mechanics, Choices) All frame timings assume 60fps unless otherwise mentioned.ģD Beat-em-up / 3D Action / Brawler / Stylish Action Game / Character Action Game / Cuhrayzee GameĪrena Shooter / Classic Shooter / Arcade Shooter Rather than strictly being dictionary style definitions, many entries will likely include a bit of added explanation. These are the terms you might not know, but probably need to know in order to understand this blog or my writing in general.
This isn’t meant to be comprehensive, just things that might be a bit out of the way for the common gamer (though I might have gone overboard and included a bunch of obvious entries too). I’m going to borrow from Critical Gaming’s glossary a little as well as general terminology that is sitting out there. Rather than being ordered alphabetically like a conventional glossary, I’m ordering this so related terms are closer together, and you can get an idea of a topic from the terms close together. Some of these are terms I’ve made up myself, those will be noted as such. After some thought, I’ve decided to make a glossary to help people who might not understand some of the terms I use.
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